Note that the AP has ranked a variable number of teams since it began in 1948-49.

 1948-49 through 1960-61: top 20
 1961-62 through 1963-64: top 10
 1964-65: top 10, except for preseason which was top 20
 1965-66 through 1967-68: top 10
 1968-69 through 1988-89: top 20
 1989-90 through present: top 25

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AP Top 25 Matchups

AP Top 25 Matchups Table
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 All
1 - - - 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 1-0 - - - - - - 2-0 1-0 - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - ....9-0
2 - 1-0 - - - 0-1 - - - - 2-0 0-2 1-0 - - - - 2-0 - - - - - - ....6-3
3 - 0-1 1-1 0-1 - 1-1 - - - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - 1-0 - - - - - - ....3-6
4 - - 1-1 - 1-2 - 1-0 - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 - - - ....8-5
5 0-1 - 1-0 - - 1-0 - 1-0 0-2 - 1-0 - - 1-0 - 0-1 0-1 1-0 - - - - - - ....6-5
6 0-1 - - 2-1 - 1-1 - - - - - - 1-0 2-0 - 0-2 - - 1-0 - - - - - ....7-5
7 - 1-0 1-1 - 0-1 1-1 0-1 - 1-0 - - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - 0-1 - 1-0 ....6-5
8 0-1 - - 0-1 - - 1-0 - - 1-0 - - 1-0 0-1 1-1 - - - - - - - - - ....4-4
9 0-1 - - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - 1-1 - - 1-0 - 2-0 ....4-4
10 - - - 0-1 2-0 - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - ....3-2
11 - - 1-0 - - - - 0-1 - - 1-0 - - - - - - - 2-0 - - - - 0-1 ....4-2
12 - 0-2 1-0 1-0 0-1 - - - - - 0-1 - - - 1-0 - - - - - 0-1 - - 1-0 ....4-5
13 - 2-0 - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - - - 1-0 - - - ....3-2
14 - 0-1 - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - - 1-0 1-0 - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - 1-0 - - ....5-3
15 - - - - 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-0 - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - ....1-5
16 0-2 - - - - - - 1-1 1-0 - - 0-1 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - 1-1 - - - 0-1 ....5-6
17 0-1 - - 1-0 1-0 2-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - 1-0 ....6-1
18 - - - 0-1 1-0 - - - - 0-1 - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - - - - - - ....1-4
19 - 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ....0-5
20 0-1 - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - 1-1 - 0-2 - - 0-1 - - - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - ....1-9
21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-1 0-1 - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - ....3-2
22 0-1 - - 0-1 - - - - - - - 1-0 0-1 - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - ....2-3
23 - - - - - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - 0-1 - - - - - 1-0 0-1 - - - ....2-3
24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - ....0-1
25 - - - - - - 0-1 - 0-2 - 1-0 0-1 - - - 1-0 0-1 - - - - - - - ....2-5
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All 0-9 3-6 6-3 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-6 4-4 4-4 2-3 2-4 5-4 2-3 3-5 5-1 6-5 1-6 4-1 5-0 9-1 2-3 3-2 3-2 1-0 5-2